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PathWays

A monthly newsletter focusing on UW Medicine Pathology faculty, trainees and staff

April 2008
Volume 4, Issue 4

Meeting and Event Calendar, News and Seminar Announcements

Please visit the UW Medicine Pathology homepage or the MyPath intranet site for information on public and internal Pathology news and events.

Visit the UW Medicine Events Calendar for up to date information on UW Medicine sponsored events and lectures.

Did you know that the News & Events section of MyPath is a great resource to learn about the internal department and university announcements that impact you? Check out MyPath regularly to stay in the loop.

UW Community Celebration - Faculty & Staff Appreciation Event
Join President Mark Emmert and Provost Phyllis Wise for a complimentary barbecue hosted by the Leadership, Community And Values Initiative

Wednesday, April 23rd
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Red Square


National Medical Laboratory Week: April 20-26
Check out MyPath for information on UW and Pathology-sponsored Lab Week activities and events when details become available. You can also visit the national website for additional information.

UW Tower Dedication and Open House
Please join the University community on Friday, April 25, as we dedicate the newest addition to our Seattle campus-the UW Tower. The UW Tower symbolizes a unique opportunity for the University to expand its academic programs on campus and better utilize space for students and faculty. In addition, the UW Tower will provide more effective interaction with the U-District community and help us build partnerships to develop and sustain this wonderful part of our neighborhood. We hope you will be able to attend.

UW Tower Dedication and Open House
Friday, April 25, 2008
12 noon to 2 p.m.

Guided tours are available and refreshments will be served. If you have any questions, please contact Events Coordinator Alisa Brandle at 206-685-6667.

South Lake Union Centers and Resources Event
Monday, May 12, 2008
Hogness Auditorium, A-420
Health Sciences Building
University of Washington
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

UW Medicine's presence in South Lake Union continues to grow. Phase II construction is nearing completion with labs and offices moving in this summer! We would like to give you an overview of what can be found at SLU and in the larger South Lake Union research community.
  • 1:00-1:30 - Posters and refreshments in the Health Sciences Lobby
  • 1:30-2:30 - Centers and resources presentations in the Hogness Auditorium
  • 2:30-3:00 - One-on-one follow-up Q&A, in the Hogness Auditorium and the Health Sciences lobby
Violence Prevention
From Mindy Kornberg, Vice President of UW Human Resources:
A year ago this month, we lost a beloved staff member as the tragic result of relationship violence. As administrators and human resource professionals, we play a special role in promoting awareness and prevention resources. I hope you will continue to promote the Violence Prevention and Response briefing sessions that are open to all UW students, faculty and staff free-of-charge. These 50-minute sessions focus on recognizing the warning signs of violence, how to respond, and campus resources and policies. Please read, distribute and/or post the this Violence Prevention announcement.

Safe Campus: Preventing violence is everyone's responsibility

Save the Date Announcements

2008 Alvord Lecture
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Health Sciences Center, Room K-069
Arie Perry, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Immunology
Washington University School of Medicine

Molecular Diagnostics of Gliomas

Washington Weekend/UWMC Open House
The annual Washington Weekend/UWMC Open House attracts thousands of high school students and community members to UWMC. The fun and interactive event will showcase more than 65 exhibits highlighting the innovative services, resources and projects of faculty, staff and students in the six schools of health sciences -- dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health and community medicine, and social work. The Open House is one of the UW's best community-building events, allowing students, parents and educators a rare opportunity to interact UW Medicine faculty, trainees and staff, and to observe some of our clinical and research operations.

Friday, April 25, 2008 (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM)
Saturday, April 26, 2008 (10:00 AM to 4:00 PM)
Please visit the Washington Weekend website for more details

2008 Haggitt Lecture
Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Health Sciences Center, Turner Auditorium, Room D-209
Henry Appelman, M.D.
Professor, Department of Pathology
University of Michigan Health System

Why Do Biopsies of Ulcerative Colitis Seem to Look More and More Like Crohn’s Disease?
And Whatever Happened to the Old Ulcerative Colitis That We Knew and Loved
2008 UW Medicine Pathology Retreat
Friday-Saturday, September 12-13, 2008
Retreat Theme: Aging and Age-Related Diseases
Keynote Speaker: Dr. George Martin, UW Medicine Pathology
Faculty Sponsors: Drs. Tom Montine and Mike Laflamme
Sleeping Lady Mountain Retreat

2008 Holiday Party
Thursday, December 18, 2008 at the South Campus Center

Updated information on the events listed above will be available in the next issue of PathWays or on MyPath.

UW News

New Dorms on Campus
UW recently announced a $850 million plan to expand on-campus housing for 3,000 students. Read the details here.

UW Medicine News


UW Med School Online News

The UW Med School Online News is a weekly publication of the University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine News and Community Relations department. New issues are posted each Friday. Previous issues dating back to 1998 can be found in the archive and are also included in the search index.

UWMC News

West Campus Parking Garage Construction Update

As many of you are already aware the parking garage expansion project is underway with site demo and excavation work nearly complete. The contractor will begin installing the shoring system, retaining walls and foundations for the new building shortly. The building will really start to take shape in July when they are scheduled to pour concrete for the first floor of the new garage.

The site demolition and excavation phase of the project is just about complete and the ongoing drilling for the concrete piles should wrap up early next week. The contractor will place thirty-seven concrete shafts that are either 3’ or 5’ in diameter and will be drilled to a depth of about 35’. The good news is that this will be the majority of the loud work and it will be wrapping up next week. The rest of the project will primarily consist of some excavation and then preparation and placement of concrete for the garage structure so once the drilling is complete there will just be concrete and material trucks and some site work machinery on site. I mainly wanted to convey that the early and somewhat noisier work should be finished up soon.

When completed, the project will feature a five level parking garage structure that will connect to the existing parking garage and add about 340 new spaces. Included in the project is roughly 12,000 square feet of space for future offices located on the south end of the building on two levels. The construction is scheduled to be complete in February of 2009.

SLU News

Please visit the UW Medicine at 815 Mercer website for information on South Lake Union news and events. Phase II is nearing completion with landscaping work beautifying the campus ongoing.

Faculty News

Chuck Murry, Distinguished Teacher
Chuck Murry has been selected by the graduating medical students as the recipient of this year's Basic Science Distinguished Teaching Award. The much-deserved honor recognizing Dr. Murry's many contributions to the medical student teaching program comes with a plaque and a $5000 award for his academic support account. Congratulations Dr. Murry!

Peter Byers, A Lifetime of Achievement
Peter Byers received the March of Dimes/Colonel Harland Sanders Award for lifetime achievement in the field of genetic sciences. The award was presented last month at the Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting of the American College of Medical Genetics in Phoenix.

Established in 1986, the March of Dimes/Colonel Harland Sanders Award is given annually to an individual whose lifetime body of research, education, or clinical service has made a significant contribution to the genetic sciences. The March of Dimes is a national non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality.

Bridge Funding for Faculty
The Provost’s Office is providing bridge funding to support faculty to span the gap in critical research programs. Learn more about the Bridge Funding Program here.

In the News

We're Number 1
US News & World Report recently announced its annual rankings and once again UW was well represented.

Path People

The First Couple of Pathology
Human Resources Manager Greg Lawrence and Fiscal Specialist Julia Kirby were married on April 5th in a Las Vegas. According to Julia, the ceremony was perfect. The happy couple will spend their honeymoon in Costa Rica later this summer. Congratulations to Greg and Julia!





Julie Moore, Award-Winning Student

Julie Moore, a research assistant in Kristin Swanson’s Lab, has been awarded a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, one of the most prestigious national scholarships for mathematics, science, and engineering majors. This scholarship is designed to encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences or engineering. Goldwater scholars receive up to $7,500 to cover expenses for tuition, fees, books, and room and board. The scholarships were awarded to 282 students nationwide from a pool of 1,164 applicants. Participating four-year institutions are permitted to nominate just four undergraduates to the national competition.

Julia grew up in northern Utah and moved to Seattle to attend school. She is currently a junior at the University of Washington, majoring in Applied Computational and Mathematical Sciences and Microbiology. In addition to studying for school, she works in the Kristin Swanson Lab that studies the growth and spread of gliomas, which are very diffuse brain tumors. Julia plans to obtain a PhD in the sciences, focusing on the use of mathematical models to describe immunological phenomena. Her hobbies outside of school and work include salsa dancing and sailing.

Happy Anniversary
The following UWMC Staff have reach the following years of service and were recognized at a celebration at the EMP:
  • Greg Gilbert: 5 years
  • Jeff Golden: 5 years
  • Carol Daubenmier: 10 years
  • Karl Groen: 10 years
  • Doug Chapman: 20 years
  • Richard King: 25 years

And the following UW Medicine Pathology employees also celebrated anniversaries:

  • Roderick Browne (Raines Lab) - 20 Years
  • Melissa Johnson (Fausto Lab) - 5 Years

HR News: Work/Life Events

Visit the websites below for information on the work/life and health resources available for you at UW.

WorkLife Benefits

UWellness


PCS News






BizTech Recap
Kevin Fleming, Dan Glasser and Cindy Lacer represented the department at the annual BizTech Conference last month. They promoted the web-based Leave Time and Reporting and PurchasePath systems at the event. Many UW departments expressed interest in the proprietary programs designed to help streamline timesheet and purchasing operations.

Cindy Lacer, Kevin Fleming & Dan Glasser (left) and Kevin and Helen Powell, Radiology Grant and Contract Manager


Interested BizTech attendees (left) and HR Manager Greg Lawrence and student assistants, Justina and Joscelyn Rompogren

Transportation News

UW Light Rail Station
Check this space for regular updates on the Sound Transit University Light Rail Station project.

Please contact Steve Berard at 685-0564 or sberard@u.washington.edu if you would like to submit an item for the newsletter.